There was an incredibly large group of people assembled. On one side of the
group stood a man, Jesus. On the other side of the group stood another man,
Satan. Separating them, running through the group was a fence.

The scene set, both Jesus and Satan began calling to the people in the group
and, one by one, each having made up his or her mind, each went to either Jesus
or Satan. This kept going, and eventually Jesus had gathered around him a group
of people from the larger crowds, as did Satan.

But one man joined neither group. He climbed the fence that was there and
just sat down on it. Then Jesus and his people left and disappeared. So too did
Satan and his people. And the man on the fence sat alone. As this man sat there,
Satan came back, and appeared to be looking for something that he'd lost.

The man said, "Have you lost something?"

Satan looked straight at him and replied, "No, there you are. Come with
me."

"But," said the man, "I sat on the fence. I chose neither you
nor Him."